Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan (Manga Discussion)

Well, tha manga is far from over so we may learn more about them (and Pixis himself) in the future.

Edit: Pixis. What kind of name is that for a badass, fearless military commander?

edited 13th Aug '13 2:41:05 PM by LogoP

Dot Pixis, even. Adorable. But he's also really eccentric, so eh.

That CR article got all the End Cards so far.

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/08/12-1/attack-on-titan-anime-presents-truly-odd-end-card

Yeah, you won't see them on CR streams - they're only shown on the broadcasts and some fansubs (I think). gg does include them though I guess it depends if the raw they used includes the end card.

Sometimes, I wish the fansubs would include the commercials that airs with the anime.

Edit:

The thing that's still happening on /a/ - I'm glad that it didn't happen during first week of August.

edited 13th Aug '13 6:35:36 PM by probablyinsane

What thing on /a/?

/goes to check

...Well, that sure is, err, something. I'm not sure how I should be reacting to this.

edited 13th Aug '13 6:45:52 PM by Crinias

Dangit, now I have to look.

Okay. I'll admit I laughed.

edited 13th Aug '13 6:58:19 PM by Bur

What's going on?

Massive trolling. Basically this is in all pages of /a/:

"N/a/RUTO CONFIRMED FOR BEST ANIME CHINESE CARTOON OF ALL TIME BELIEVE IT"

"(also dubs are better than subs)"

(This image◊)

And this video, which plays automatically upon entering any page at all:

edited 13th Aug '13 7:23:36 PM by Crinias

But dubs ARE better than subs

/a/'s hipster anons are being trolled by moot (isn't he creator-owner of 4chan) ?

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I ship Annie X Bert mainly because apparently I've developed a fetish for terrified-looking Bert Unfortunately, I first came across this on /a/ and thus don't know the source.

This Levi X Hanji fic has 700+ notes on Tumblr, so you've probably read it before I had (which I did only yesterday).

Reccing the fic mainly because it's more ensemble than shipping fic. I actually prefer to ship Irwin X Hanji these days than Levi X Hanji. Fic is hilarious cause of all the romantic advice and teasing everyone's giving Levi about how to get the girl.

I see. Thanks. You have to admit, though, this video has a certain... catchiness to it. Makes you want to go with the rhythm.

Well, fuck me if this isn't one great fucking dub. I hope AOT's dub is as good as this. The producers better not fuck it up.

Is there any character fans don't ship Levi with?

edited 13th Aug '13 8:48:22 PM by LogoP

Levi X Hanji is surprising to you? Lol, I'm starting to think you've never even visited a (big) fandom before.

The bigger the fandom, the more shippers there are. Actually, shipping (and even shipping wars) is a pretty good indicator of a fandom's health.

Episode eight's end card is just a storyboard?

Not really. I'm actually a long-time member of the ASOIAF fandom and i've witnessed a lot of ships and shipping wars. Levi/Hanji makes (sort of) sense to me. What I find strange is the fandom's tendency to ship Levi with everyone. And I mean everyone.

Edit: I don't think shipping wars are a sign of a "healthy" fandom. The only thing they achieve is divide (some of them can get pretty personal) fans over pointless stuff, which are sadly taken way too seriously, even though they are meant to be Just for Fun.

edited 13th Aug '13 9:22:08 PM by LogoP

Never heard about fandom bicycles, then? Eren's actually the biggest fandom bicycle, even bigger than Levi, atm.

As for "healthy fandom", I meant active fandom. The fandoms without shippers or few shippers are practically ghost towns.

Also, there's probably no such thing as a BIG fandom without some of its fans misbehaving. And Shingeki fandom already reached critical mass back in April.

No, to be honest, i've never heard of such a thing as fandom bicyle. I guess i'm still a n00b, at heart.

Edit: I don't think the AOT fandom is done "growing" yet. The anime (which is what made the series famous) is still relatively new. As is the manga. In a few years, this work will have fan communities with members numbering in the millions.

edited 13th Aug '13 9:57:15 PM by LogoP

Lol, reaching critical mass doesn't mean it has stopped growing.

Speaking of which, according to Google Trends, Shingeki's already managed to surpass the highest peak One Piece achieved. Haven't yet checked if the latest spike also surpassed Gundam's highest peak.

I never said it stopped growing. As a matter of fact I think that, if you give it time, it may even surpass Naruto. Judging by it's increasing popularity.

edited 14th Aug '13 6:12:43 PM by LogoP

Ooh, I like the added quotes for some of the characters. I guess it's time to obsessively hunt for good ones for everyone else.

probablyinsane: That fic was great. Loved Jean getting shut down before he could even say anything.

If you have Tumblr, give love to the author, pretty please. (Also, there's another Levi Han fic by that author (on that Tumblr) of similar ensemble-awesome quality.)

Here's a nice pic of Bert and the rest of the gang. I think it's quite representative.

Bert looks like he's about to go buy some cigarettes.

I...I actually don't?

Neither do I. Great picture though. All the Titans other than the CT look so little and bratty. Needs moar Ymir. And possibly a Monkey Trouble scaling CT's leg.

I think what Kay meant is that CT looks like an overwhelmed young dad abused by his overly-energetic kids on that pic. So the only thing going on in his mind right now is to "go buy some cigarettes", meaning that he wants to GTFO of there as soon as possible and leave the brats to torment their "mom" (Ymir?, Monkey Trouble?). So, basically this piece of fanart turns CT into a deadbeat dad.

edited 14th Aug '13 2:10:47 PM by LogoP